November, 20, 2019 E&J Gallo Winery Acquires Pahlmeyer Winery; Includes Pahlmeyer and Jayson by Pahlmeyer Brands

(WB) - Gallo also agreed to lease the Pahlmeyers' Waters Ranch vineyard on Atlas Peak, a property developed in 1999. As part of the deal, Gallo will run Jayson, the tasting room at The Village at Vista Collina Resort, a hotel development on the southern edge of the city of Napa. E&J Gal...

November, 11, 2019 Who buys the wine? Research reveals how consumers make choices for groups

(Phys) - When tasked with making choices for a big group, like selecting wine for the table, independent people typically make choices that more strongly reflect their own preferences, according to a new University of Alberta study examining how consumers make unilateral decisions for themselves an...

November, 11, 2019 Despite Fires, California Wine Is Doing Just Fine — For Now

(KPBS) - If you're worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California's 2019 cabernet sauvignon, or even just imparted it with an undesirable smoky flavor, you can relax. The wine is just fine. For now. Despite a late October blaze that raged through one of the world's be...

November, 05, 2019 OIL AND GAS MAGNATE FINALISES LARGEST BORDEAUX VINEYARD SALE OF 2019

(TDB) - Billionaire industrialists the Perrodo family, have paid an estimated €60 million (US$67 million) for Château La Tour de Mons. The ancient property in Margaux dates back to the 13th century, but was not classified in the 1855 Bordeaux ranking. It was sold in 1995 to French agr...

November, 05, 2019 Bordeaux wine fired into space to test ageing

(Decanter) - Twelve bottles of Bordeaux wine have been rocketed to the International Space Station so that researchers can see how the extreme conditions affect ageing.  A Northrop Grumman rocket blasted off from a NASA launchpad in Virginia on 2 November, sending the Bordeaux wines in...

November, 05, 2019 How Labor Challenges Affected the 2019 Grape Harvest

(Sevenfiftydaily) - With dramatic shift in the way the wine industry views labor. September 24 was the day. It was time for Anne Hubatch to receive her fruit. The old-vine block of Pinot Noir destined for Hubatch’s  Helioterra Wines  rosé was ready to be harvested. Th...

October, 30, 2019 To Make the Wine Industry Less Toxic, We Need to Get Loud

(Bonappetit) - Scrolling Instagram one morning this fall, between posts of my friends leaf peeping and last night’s dinner plates, I saw the October 2019 Wine & Spirits cover, which the magazine has since removed. Big, in a pretty serif font, it boasted “Best New Somms&rdq...

October, 29, 2019 Kincade Fire reaches edge of Tubbs Fire burn scar

(SFGate) - LATEST: Oct 29, 6:37 p.m.: Fire grows slightly to 76,138 acres The Kincade Fire grew slightly over the course of Tuesday, adding just 723 acres, bringing total acreage to 76,138 acres. Containment remains at 15 percent, Cal Fire officials said at a 6:30 p.m. press conference. ...